Services for young people

Get the information you need, in one place

Where to find NSW Government information on topics such as exam stress, minimum legal age, work hours and conditions, your legal rights and financial help.

Go to Young People – NSW Government

Youth health and wellbeing

NSW Health offers specialist services to young people including hospital-based care, mental health services, sexual health services and Aboriginal medical service. Learn more about the services you can access through NSW Health.

Go to Health services for young people – NSW Health

Youth justice services

Youth Justice supervises and cares for young people in the community and in Youth Justice Centres who have committed an offence. It provides services that help support young people and their families, including bail assistance and rehabilitation programs. 

Go to Programs and services – Youth Justice NSW

Topics you may be interested in

Driving and cars

• Getting a NSW driver licence
• Driving penalties, demerits and fines
• Buy or sell a vehicle

Identification

• Apply for a NSW Photo card
  You can use a NSW Photo Card to prove your identity in most places a driver licence is recognised.

Living and working in NSW

• Financial support for students
• Rental assistance
• Apply or renew your RSA or RCG competency card
• Working with Children Check (WWCC)
• Apply for a birth certificate
  If your birth certificate was destroyed due to a natural disaster, you can replace it for free within 6 months of the event. To request a free replacement, visit your nearest Service NSW Centre or call 13 77 88.
• Disability assistance

Other topics

• Book a Multicultural Youth Linker appointment
  The Multicultural Youth Linker Program is free for young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds who would like to access government and non-government services.
• Access your out-of-home care records
  If you've spent time in out-of-home care when you were a child or young person, you can request a copy of the records that were kept relating to your care history.
• Learn about the Convention on the Rights of the Child (human rights)